Improvement in corsets



J. C. TALLMAN.

Corset.

No. 213,358 Patented Mar 18,1879.

Ill/6717, 077- NJEIERS, FHDTKLLITHOGHAPHER, WASHINGTON. n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

JOHN C. TALLMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO L. O. WARNER, OF SAMEPLACE.

lM PROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,358, dated March18, 1879; application filed November 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN (J. TALLMAN, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented Improvements inCorsets, of which the following is a specification:

Theobject of my invention is a corset constructed as fully describedhereinafter, so as to secure a better adaptation to the person of thewearer, and avoid some of the objections incident to corsets of theordinary construction.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents one side of my improved corset, and Fig. 2 is a viewillustrating the arrangement of the bones at the hip.

The corset is formed of sections, of any suitable size and shape adaptedto produce the particular style required, and provided with the usualsteels or clasps O. The latter, however, instead of extending to thelower edge of the corset, terminate at the point x, leaving a flexibletongue, :2 which is provided with hooks or attachments a, for connectingit to the like tongue of the other side, and is stiffened in anysuitable manner. By this means the corset is drawn closely to the formof the wearer at the lower edge without the objections incident to hooks,or steels of unusual length.

A slit, b, in each side piece in front of the hip is provided withlacing b, and between the slit and steelO is an elastic gore, d, whichyields under the movements of the body, maintains the lower flexibletongue, y, in contact with the body, and preserves the hollow form ofthe corset at this point. By this combination the front of the corsetmay be adjusted to fit nicely to the wearer, while the lower edge of thecorset, at the center, whatever is the adjustment, can yield to preventbinding over the abdomen when the wearer stoops.

The hip portion of the corset is stiffened by a steel, or by a series oftransverse bones, ff, extendingfrom the edges of the under armsectiontoward the center, where, however, they do not meet, being of suchlength as to vent one slipping over the other.

In order to secure greater vertical stiffness the bones f f are inclinedupward toward the center, instead of extending horizontally, asheretofore.

The edge tof the gore cl is inclined to the steel 0, to permit the bonesw to be carried down below the upper end of the gore, while placing thelatter close to the steel.

It will be apparent that elastic laces may be substituted for the goresd.

I claim 1. The combination, in a corset, of the steel 0, front lace, b,and intermediate elastic gore, d, substantially as set forth.

2. A corset provided with aflexible tongue, 1 extending below the end ofthe steel, and having connecting devices a, as set forth.

3. The combination, in a corset, of the steel 0, flexible tongue 3 andbones to and gore (7, extending downward in juxtaposition to saidtongue, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a corset, of two se ries of cross-bones, f f, andintermediate flexible portion, 1, at the hip, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

5. The series of bones ff, extending each upward from one edge of theunder arm portion, and converging toward the center, as described.

6. The combination, with the transverse hip-bones, of longitudinal bonesi, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. TALLMAN. Witnesses:

G. A. STAPLES, T. R. CRITTENDEN.

